We’re back for another round with Bravo’s peaches! The Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion continued this week with receipts, accusations, and statements from the Housewives who didn’t attend.
Last week, we watched Porsha hug it out with Drew after feuding all season long. In Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 16 Episode 19, “Reunion Part Two,” Porsha had to address her other feud of the season: the one with her lifelong bestie, Shamea. It’s deep, and she’s not going to be able to hug her way out of this one.
What happened in Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 16 Episode 19?
During Part Two of the RHOA Season 16 reunion, Angela continued making her case against Phaedra. The group addressed the Kenya Moore Hair Spa incident, despite neither of the involved parties attending the reunion. Plus, Shamea had a lunchtime conversation with her husband that left her feeling fired up, and we learned some surprising revelations about the status of her friendship with Porsha.
Angela faced off with the Godfather of Atlanta
When we left off last week, Angela was trying to explain the connection between Phaedra, Marcus, and Junebug. According to Angela, Phaedra was the common denominator in the scheme. She said her brother’s Facebook friend list gave it all away, and honestly, it wasn’t adding up.
At one point, Phaedra even called her brother. He picked up on the first ring, despite her calling from someone else’s phone, to ask if he knew the people Angela was talking about. He denied it, and the whole thing reached a new level of convulusion that we certainly did not need.
Angela had a nearly perfect debut season, so it felt a little painful watching her fumble her receipts like this. We were rooting for you. We were all rooting for you!
Since Angela couldn’t produce any solid proof, and Phaedra definitely wasn’t going to take any accountability, Andy had no choice but to move on from the topic. We’re left to draw our own conclusions about who invited Marcus to Kelli’s event.
Shamea had a lunch break pep talk
The Housewives took a 45-minute lunch break, and as the cameras followed them backstage, we heard some interesting conversations. Specifically, Shamea called her husband and said she felt like the ladies were talking over her.
“Honestly, I feel so off my game,” she confessed to her husband.
“I think when we go back after lunch, I’m just going to jump in,” she continued. “I’m going to be heard today.”
The producers made a point to show us this scene. Sure enough, she came back on stage, ready to insert herself into every single conversation. We’re just not sure if it had the intended effect.
A message from Brit and Kenya
During the lunch break, Kenya and Brit issued statements regarding their absences from the reunion. Andy read them to the group.
Kenya apologized for the drama she caused in the season, while Brit made the shocking revelation that the pictures shown in Episode 5 weren’t actually of her. This opened the doors for the ladies to have a full-on conversation about the incident, and hopefully, put it to rest once and for all.
One of the most important moments from this conversation came from Cynthia, who was on the receiving end of a lot of criticism for her decision to support Brit instead of Kenya. When pressed on the issue, Cynthia said she didn’t want to compromise her “integrity” by supporting Kenya.
“Brit should never have brought up a gun,” Cynthia conceded. “She was dead wrong to do that, and so I’m just not team anyone. I’m just team what I think is right.”
Meanwhile, Porsha added fuel to the fire by repeating the claim that Drew sent the pictures to Kenya. It’s an accusation that Drew has repeatedly denied.
As Cynthia pointed out, the real lingering issue from the hair spa drama is that it tarnished her friendship with Kenya. They haven’t spoken since the incident, and the whole thing made for a not-very-sweet Season 16.
Another failed receipt
As if Angela’s receipts weren’t already cringey, Shamea decided to one-up her during an argument with Drew. The ladies were going back and forth about the digs they made about each other’s music, and Shamea called Drew a “liar.”
When asked for proof of the lies, Shamea referenced a scene where Drew claimed to be carrying a Judith Lieber bag. To try to prove that Drew was lying, Shamea pulled out the exact bag that Drew was carrying, and she was like, “Aha! See, this bag came from Akira!”
The reveal left everyone feeling a little confused. How does this prove that Drew lied about her bag, and out of all of the things to harp on, why did you choose this, Shamea? Unless you’re pulling out a binder full of receipts a la Monique Samuels, we’re going to need these Housewives to keep the props at home.
Porsha called out Shamea’s behavior
Up until this point in the reunion, you could sense some lingering tension between Porsha and Shamea. It all came to the surface during Part Two, and it will definitely spill over into next week’s episode, too. The conversation started with Andy asking for a status update on their friendship. After a deafening silence, Porsha came clean.
“There isn’t any communication,” Porsha said with Shamea adding, “At all.”
Porsha proceeded to unload on Shamea, claiming that she came into Season 16 with a plan to sabotage her. She said that Shamea tried to use information that the audience already knew about their relationship and tried to use it against her, both on the show and in interviews after they finished filming.
“It was a scheme and a plan,” Porsha claimed.
After a few minutes of bickering, they circled back to the original issue plaguing their friendship, which is the weird drama between their mothers. That’s a decades-old beef, and at the end of the episode, Andy started trying to get to the bottom of it. We’re not sure that he’ll have any luck.
In a perfect world, Ms. Diane and Mama Morton would come on stage to address their issues with the group next week. We need some answers, and Shamea and Porsha need closure.
